Rotten
The filmmakers don't have the nerve for a serious consideration of trauma, vengeance, and forgiveness.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
The Railway Man
Revenge is never a straight line.
2013 · 1h 56m · R
Drama, History
Directed by
Jonathan Teplitzky
Overview
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Teplitzky Director
- Nicole Kidman as Patricia Wallace
- Stellan Skarsgård as Finlay
- Colin Firth as Eric Lomax
- Jeremy Irvine as Young Eric Lomax
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Nagase
- Sam Reid as Young Finlay
- Marta Dusseldorp as Memsahib
- Tom Hobbs as Thorlby
- Masa Yamaguchi as Kempai Officer
- Byron J. Brochmann as British Trooper POW
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The critical problems are an overbusy time-jumping script and reliance on the conventions of the trauma drama - flashbacks, fragmentation, distorted time and space - that prove more a barrier than a window into the character's inner lives.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Beautifully acted, The Railway Man is profoundly moving, and yet, somehow, its sentimental ending manages to be both unearned and predictable.
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
Why does the movie leave one cold?
John Anderson, Newsday
Rotten
The quality of mercy isn't just strained in The Railway Man, it's measured out by the teaspoonful.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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